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GREENI



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Rolled Defender... Ouch 2
Saw this on social media, some motorway in Scotland yesterday.

Post #718947 21st Jul 2018 4:52pm
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trickster5000



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United Kingdom 1989 Defender 90 300 Tdi CSW Arles Blue
That trailer load looks suspect Shocked Matt.

'89 90 CSW with a 3.5 V8 conversion (WIP) - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic46809.html
Post #718949 21st Jul 2018 5:10pm
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williamthedog



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2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 PU Tamar Blue
Hi cap still looks good to go Thumbs Up
Post #718969 21st Jul 2018 6:50pm
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ginjez



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2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 ST Santorini Black
Once a trailer starts to wag it's very scary. I suspect this one went beyond the point of no return. I swapped my twin axle for triple to try and prevent this happening.
Post #719094 22nd Jul 2018 2:05pm
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gilarion



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Wales 2007 Defender 90 Other CSW Trident Green
Looks like the trailer A bar is facing the opposite direction to the Defender, so either the trailer flipped, unlikely, or somehow the Defender managed to be swung around by the force. Most snakes with trailers are due to the moron towing who knows nothing about nose weight, or correctly loading the trailer, get it wrong and it can cause traction of the front wheels to be lost due to the A bar weight force lifting the front of the vehicle once that happens with a heavy trailer on the back the trailer will start wagging the dog! For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at..

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Post #719125 22nd Jul 2018 4:35pm
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alwoodley72



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England 2008 Defender 130 Puma 2.4 HCPU Alaska White
Very very easy for this to happen with 3.5 ton behind a 2.5 ton vehicle, just takes someone to pull out on you, a bad pothole or the dreaded motorway hgv tramline depressions, back end goes light and away we go, 5p 50 p time! I find the worst is with negative nose weight, not excessive, as when the rear axle is light there isn’t the stability on the hitch. Best bet is to go long/low with the trailer, my 16 foot beavertail ifor is a dream compared to my 10 foot tt105 one..
Cheers

Alex 98 300 tdi 90 project
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Post #722776 11th Aug 2018 12:54am
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gazman



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United Kingdom 2003 Defender 90 Td5 HT Alpine White
I've played Reilly poly on a motorway before l. A trailer we were towing when I was in the fire brigade flipped us. Caused by a hgv driver that fell asleep. We all suffered bad injuries but no one died thankfully 2014 - current ..... 2003 defender td5 90 (my car)
2009 - current .... 2005 zx10r
Post #722796 11th Aug 2018 7:53am
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gazman



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United Kingdom 2003 Defender 90 Td5 HT Alpine White

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 2014 - current ..... 2003 defender td5 90 (my car)
2009 - current .... 2005 zx10r
Post #722797 11th Aug 2018 7:54am
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